This week’s fresh listings:

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Additions to www.HistoryInCoins.com for week commencing Tuesday 3rd March 2026

WI-9276: January 1689 Irish Gun Money Shilling. A unique example of an Irish coin dated by year AND month! After fleeing from England to France in 1688 – an effective abdication from the English throne – James II landed in Ireland March 1689 in order to promote his Catholic cause, something we are perhaps still living with today?! He had insufficient funds to prosecute this war so the plan was to raise money by issuing base metal coinage in place of what would previously have been silver issues. This was a less subtle example of the Quantitative Easing that we all witnessed a few years ago. If today’s money had still been based on the value of the coin in your hand being worth its face value in precious metal, then the Chancellor in 2009 would perhaps have done something very similar! This coinage was set up with an intention for them to be exchanged for sterling coinage once the dust had settled. This never happened. The metal for these coins came from old cannon, bells and various other scrap metals that were termed “Gun Money”. Very nice grade, just not that well struck or perhaps more accurately, struck well enough but the scrap metal just wasn't good enough, which is no surprise. Interestingly struck en-medaille (ie like a medal as opposed to a coin). Sold with an old ticket. £175

WI-9277: December 1689 Irish Gun Money Shilling. A unique example of an Irish coin dated by year AND month! After fleeing from England to France in 1688 – an effective abdication from the English throne – James II landed in Ireland March 1689 in order to promote his Catholic cause, something we are perhaps still living with today?! He had insufficient funds to prosecute this war so the plan was to raise money by issuing base metal coinage in place of what would previously have been silver issues. This was a less subtle example of the Quantitative Easing that we all witnessed a few years ago. If today’s money had still been based on the value of the coin in your hand being worth its face value in precious metal, then the Chancellor in 2009 would perhaps have done something very similar! This coinage was set up with an intention for them to be exchanged for sterling coinage once the dust had settled. This never happened. The metal for these coins came from old cannon, bells and various other scrap metals that were termed “Gun Money”. Very nice grade, just not that well struck or perhaps more accurately, struck well enough but the scrap metal just wasn't good enough, which is no surprise. Interestingly struck en-medaille (ie like a medal as opposed to a coin). A pleasing example. £185

WSax-9278: Edward The Confessor Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Voided short cross with pyramids type - B.M.C. XV, 1065-66 only. +GODPINE ON STÆ - Godwine of Stafford. S.R.1184. There is a reverse die for this mint and moneyer combination with an annulet replacing one of the pyramids (as in the S.R. plate coin) but this example derives from a reverse die with x4 pyramids. Edward was the son of Aethelred II and Emma of Norway so Cnut was Edward's step father; Cnut having sent Edward to live in Normandy under the tutelage of Emma's brother during Cnut's lifetime - some 25 years. Edward was know as "Confessor" due to his extreme piety, although the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle portrayed him not as a saint but as a strong king. Interestingly, the perhaps biased Anglo-Saxon Chronicles aside, he was remembered through history as a devout weakling; too obsessed with the matters of the spirit to cope with the real world. This was probably because his death led directly to the Conquest and to the fact that, despite being married to one of the most beautiful women in the country, he had no children by her. Stafford is a rarer mint (£700 for the commonest Saxon penny of all the kings, and this is certainly not that) but that is perhaps secondary compared to the grade of this coin. A very desirable coin indeed. £1,095

Provenance:

ex Spink (late 90's)

ex Tim Owen (from two or three years ago, his original envelope priced up at £1,150)

WMH-9279: Edward IV Late Medieval Hammered Silver Groat. The rarer second reign, 1471-83. Initial mark Pierced Cross / Pierced Cross & Pellet mule (1477-80). London mint. Type XVII (obv) / XVIII (rev) with fleurs on the cusps and no other marks - S.R.2098. The reverse die is early due to the pellet being in the upper left hand quarter - later dies for this type XVIII have the single initial mark pellet on either of the bottom two quarters. It is never seen in isolation in the upper right quarter. The letter R still looks like a B and the letter A's are unbarred. Type XVIII is the first type to dispense with the trefoils, which are not seen again, although this obverse die is a type XVII - you can see there is a transition occurring from trefoils to fleurs. Although not in the same league as the Henry VI Restored reign, Edward's second reign issues are all uncommon compared to those of the first reign. Toned. A nice coin £385

WTH-9280: CHOICE Edward VI Tudor Hammered Silver PORTRAIT Penny. No initial mark, the rarer Bristol mint (CIVI TAS BRIS TOLIE - the actual mint being housed at Bristol Castle), first period, in Edward's own name: April 1547 to January 1549, although this issue was only struck until February 1548. S.R. 2462. Obverse: crowned bust of the boy-king Edward VI facing right; reverse: square topped shield over long cross fourchée. A billon issue with the Spink XRF spectrometer showing a tad over 0.500 fine. Full flan, well centred, high grade - an absolutely outstanding example of this great Tudor penny rarity and from the better Bristol mint. There is a tiny pin prick just past the end of the ascender of 6 - everything else is just camera reflection or uneven colouring, the latter being synonymous with all billon coinage. Truly a remarkable coin. £3,895

Provenance:

ex Stack's, sold to...

ex Richard August collection

ex Spink